Articles consisting at least partly of plastic coated metal wire



Oct. 18, 1960 J. VAN DER "roe-r ARTICLES CONSISTING AT LEAST PARTLY OF PLASTIC COATED METAL WIRE Filed Nov. 21. 1958 I NVENT R J'AN VAN DER T067" United States Patent ARTICLES 'CONSISTIN G AT LEAST PARTLY OF PLASTIC COATED METAL WIRE Jan van der Togt, Zwijndrecht, Netherlands, assignor t0 Tornado N .V., Dordrecht, Netherlands Filed Nov. 21, 1958, Ser. No. 775,515

Claims priority, application Netherlands Nov. 23, 1957 '2 Claims. (Cl. 211-181) The invention relates to an article, such as a rack for drying clothes and consisting at least partly of metal wire covered by a layer of plastic. Articles of this kind suifier the drawback that when exerting pressure on the points where plastic covered metal wires are crossing each other the plastic coating is destroyed so that the wire is laid open and subjected to rusting.

The invention has for its object to remove said drawback and to this end at least one of the wires at the crossing points having to take up pressure is provided with an underlayer of rubber or like resilient material on which the plastic coating is applied. Said resilient protecting layer may have the shape of a rubber sleeve slid on the wire and constitutes an elastic cushion between the metal of the wire and the plastic coating so that when exerting pressure on the crossing point of the wires the plastic layer may yield and will not be damaged.

For the coating of plastic, polyvinylchlon'de may be used which has a certain resiliency so that damage of said coating is avoided when the protective sleeve of rubber or similar resilient material is placed under pressure. It is to be noted, however, that the resiliency of the rubber sleeve should materially exceed that of the plastic coating.

The invention will further be described with reference to the accompanying drawing illustrating a rack to which the invention is applied.

Fig. 1 is a perpective view of the rack in its position of use and Fig. 2 is a portion of the rack on a larger scale.

A frame 1 is bent from metal wire and a number of supporting bars 2 extend between opposite sides of the frame and are secured to said sides.

Two hangers 3 bent from metal wire are each formed to a suspension hook 4 by means of which the rack may Patented Oct. 18, 1960 ice be hooked over a support 5. The hangers 3 have a pair of legs 12 each terminating in an eye 6. The eyes 6 of each hanger 3 are formed around one side of the frame 1 so that said hangers are adapted to be folded to a position in the plane of the frame.

The frame 1 is provided with an extension 7 consisting of a wire bent to U-shape and having its ends formed to eyes 8 around the ends of a supporting bar 2, so that said extension, after the hangers 3 have been folded against the frame 1, may also be folded on to the frame. The extension 7 is also provided with supporting bars 9, parallel to bars 2 for supporting laundry. The frame 1 as well as the pivoted extension 7 and the hangers 3 consist of plastic coated wire.

When the extension 7 is swung to its position of use as shown in the drawing the opposite sides thereof are supported on the end bar 2 of frame 1 and if clothes are supported on the bars 9 of said extension the pressure exerted by the sides of the extension on the end bar 2 will be rather heavy. At the place where the side bar of the extension 7 is supported on the end bar 2 of the frame 1 a rubber sleeve 10 is slid on said side bar and thereafter the extension is coated with a layer 11 of plastic which may be obtained by immersing or spraying. On said crossing point of the side bar of the extension 7 and the end bar 2 also said latter may be provided with a similar rubber protecting sleeve under the plastic coating.

What I claim is:

1. An article consisting at least partly of crossing metal wires and at least one of the wires at the crossing point being provided with a protecting sleeve of resilient material and of short length, and wires being provided with a covering layer of plastic also extending on said protecting sleeve.

2. An article formed at least partially of plastic coated wires, comprising at least two plastic coated Wires, a portion of the length of one wire at least partially supporting the other, and a short resilient sleeve encircling one of said wires and disposed within the plastic, said sleeve being located at the point of contact between the coated wires.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,427,198 Frisco Sept. 9, 1947 2,502,912 Andrew April 4, 1950 2,520,371 Pandele Aug. 29, 1950 2,708,176 Rhodes May 10, 1955 2,804,213 Fox et al Aug. 27, 1957 

